The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-08-07
The Sun In A Rage And no
Rain TO Drown his With
ering Fury.
In the Incustrinc And Middle
states The Crops are sadly
Cut short.
In some Districts Rain has Come
And Restored Hope with
the Farmers.


COMPILED BY THE CHICAGO TIMES.
CHICAGO August 6.-The Times
this morning.gives reports from va
rIous points in eastern states show.
ing the conditions of crops. The
drought has been uncommonly sc-
we're in most of the territory covered
by these sdyices and some of the in
formation obtained is not favorable.
While some states have escaped with
little loss others have suffered very
seriously. In Illinois the dry spell
has been especially y disastrous. The
yield of hay has been light. The crop
of oats is considerably below the
average, while the prospects for corn
is decidedly discouraging. From
present adviCes it Is reasonable TO
state that about half the usual yield
will be obtained. Many counties re-
port prospects for considerably less
than half crop while only very
few especially favored localities re
port average about so per cent. OF the
usual yield. 1t would seem to be 80
indicated by adyices from states
within the great corn cen.
many OF The farmers are
cutting up the stalks tor fodder, be-
li,yiug that rains, if they come at all,
will come too late to do any good.
i'lcts as 10 the situation in this por-
ton Of the state are aid to be sup
! pressed. In former reports ii WAS
said the drought had done much
damage. R4ir has not fallen in many
4 places for more than four weeks and
, recent showers are Of little beHciit
, In some localities the corn crop is n
tltai failure. ana in no portion OF the
state is al ordinary yield expected.
From one third TO one fourth Of the
crop Is the tenor of reports from this
/ state. Hay is but poor crop and
oats are short of the usual produc-
, tion. In Wisconsin the drought seems
to have BEEN less Destructive Some
, localities report n falling of in corn,
but the crop in most sections of the
state seems likely 10 be an average,
, while the oat crop is iair. The same
, seems to be true OF Michigan and
. Ohio. West Of the Mississippi adj
, vices are mach more encouraging
Plentiful rains have fallen recently in
Iowa, Kansas aud Nebraska, which
have been of untold BEN
olit 10 the corn crop. The socre;ary
Of the Iowa Agricultural Society re.
ports probable corn yield of 200,.
100000 bushels which is some
3OOOO,Oo0 bushels in excess of the short
crop Of last year. Adviccs from
various portions of the state bear out
this view. In only very few locali-
ties j. the corn poor Some OF the
counties report prospects, of n bigger
crop than usual and in almost every
locality the stand is excellent. Pros
poets in Kansas and Missouri are for
fair average crops Reports from 2Oo
points on the Kansas CITY and Fort
? scott railroad indicate an average
Yield OF about 30 bushels II the acre.
, In Kansas the drouth has been severe
but recent rains have improved the
situation and the average crop If
looked for. The southern half OF
Nebraska has been severely scorched
and corn there II poor, but the pros
poets in other parts OF the state and
along the North Platte are much
better and AT least half the average
crop is promised for the state.